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MoneySwap (LSE:SWAP) Debt-to-EBITDA : -1.32 (As of Sep. 2016)


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What is MoneySwap Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

MoneySwap's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was £0.48 Mil. MoneySwap's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was £1.18 Mil. MoneySwap's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was £-1.26 Mil. MoneySwap's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was -1.32.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for MoneySwap's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:SWAP's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Capital Markets industry.
Industry Median: 1.29
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

MoneySwap Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for MoneySwap's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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MoneySwap Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

MoneySwap Annual Data
Trend Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only - -0.60 -0.50 -0.59 -0.64

MoneySwap Semi-Annual Data
Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Sep11 Mar12 Sep12 Mar13 Sep13 Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.08 -0.66 -0.29 -1.05 -1.32

Competitive Comparison of MoneySwap's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Capital Markets subindustry, MoneySwap's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


MoneySwap's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, MoneySwap's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where MoneySwap's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



MoneySwap Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

MoneySwap's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.68 + 0.521) / -1.89
=-0.64

MoneySwap's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.479 + 1.176) / -1.258
=-1.32

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is two times the quarterly (Sep. 2016) EBITDA data.


MoneySwap  (LSE:SWAP) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


MoneySwap Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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MoneySwap (LSE:SWAP) Business Description

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MoneySwap PLC was incorporated on April 12, 2006. The Company and its subsidiaries are engaged in providing prepaid card services and merchant acquisition services to China UnionPay, and operating an online peer to peer foreign exchange and payment platform. Its business lines include Prepaid cards, Merchant acquisition for CUP, and Small and medium-sized entities and International remittance. Its geographical segments include Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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